Morning Report

Horticulture is making a comeback in Taranaki.

Avocado and kiwifruit orchards are being planted in numbers not seen since 1988 - when the devastation of Cyclone Bola forced many to convert to dairy.

Around 3500 customers throughout the South Island's West Coast are still without cellphone reception, more than 24 hours after the network went down in wild weather yesterday.

The outage started just… Read more Audio

You could probably write a book about what's happening in locked down Auckland, but publishers in the city would be hard pressed to do much with it under the level 4 rules.

After last year's big… Read more Audio

A new study is highlighting significant health inequities between New Zealanders living with multiple sclerosis and their Australian counterparts.

The study found that Australians with the… Read more Audio

Increasing numbers of people are using the web, apps and social media to learn te reo Māori and promote the language. 

Surveys suggest most Māori aren't learning te reo in the classroom - but instead… Read more Audio

Coastal shipping proponents say money allocated by the Transport Agency needs to go on getting another ship up and running immediately, not another study.

Thirty million dollars over three years has… Read more Audio

Focused testing in seven Auckland suburbs will resume today, with people encouraged to get a Covid-19 swab even if they don't have symptoms.

The suburbs are under scrutiny from health officials… Read more Audio

Auckland Hospital is now only allowing patient visits on compassionate grounds and all visits must be pre-arranged and approved.

The move comes after nurses took legal action against the district… Read more Audio

Oranga Tamariki has admitted it sometimes asks District Health Boards to keep children at hospitals longer than they need to while it hunts for a suitable placement.

It goes against the advice of the… Read more Audio